You’re most certainly thinking about your first motor vehicle, or, you want to buy a new car but you don’t really know which model to go for. While doing your second hand car investigation you have most certainly realized that the Volkswagen Lupo of “companies” are more affordable to buy and seems to be an interesting offer. On the other hand, these Volkswagen Lupo only have 2 seats and will therefore involve a conversion to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to discover in this guideline how to convert a 2-seater Volkswagen Lupo into a 5-seater , to accomplish this, first, we will make a brief explanation of the main key actions that must be taken, then, we will discover what are the modifications to be done on the car, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Volkswagen Lupo company into a 5-seater.
The main key methods to convert a Volkswagen Lupo 2-seater into a 5-seater
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Here is the list of the main lines to follow if you want to to pass your Volkswagen Lupo company or commercial in 5 places:
- Install the missing seats and seat belts.
- Get the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
- Take his Volkswagen Lupo to the roadworthiness assessment to have the changes validated
- To run his car through mine control.
- Alert your insurance company about the change in the car.
Modifications to be done on the automobile to convert a Volkswagen Lupo 2-seater into a 5-seater
We will consequently start our guideline on the transformation of a Volkswagen Lupo 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be carried out directly on the car in order to allow it to be recognized as a Volkswagen Lupo 5-seater.
Convert its Volkswagen Lupo to 5 seaters on his own
If you want to do most of the work your self, you should know that it will be hard to do. Indeed, the car companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Volkswagen Lupo easy only for the manufacturers, here are the reasons:
- You will have to obtain a certificate of conformity, which will need a visit to the car by a specialist.
- Buy a complete kit to transform your Volkswagen Lupo into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
- Set up the kit according to the tightening standards (torque)
For all these reasons, it is easier to contact an approved technician who will undertake these actions in compliance with the manufacturer’s requirements.
If you still want to carry out the conversion of your new Volkswagen Lupo on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to get the required parts and look for manufacturer information linked to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.
Have the conversion carried out by a specialist
If you want to convert your Volkswagen Lupo 2-seater into a 5-seater at a specialist, you have made the least complicated decision. In fact, he will have a much simpler access to the parts catalogue and will be able to deliver you the certificate of conformity and will let you to perform the following steps without the slightest apprehension.
The administrative steps that should be adopted to convert a Volkswagen Lupo into 5 places
Now that we have been through the first technical steps in the transformation of a Volkswagen Lupo 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now handle the administrative step.
The different steps to be performed in order to have one’s Volkswagen Lupo 2 places approved as a 5 places
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You will find below, the different steps to follow in order to be ok with the law to drive your Volkswagen Lupo converted into 5 seats..:
- After the changes done on your Volkswagen Lupo, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be crucial to stick to all the steps soon.
- You have to bring the car to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a car.
- Take the car to the mine so that they can attest to the change in the number of seats in your Volkswagen Lupo li>
- Search for for a new car registration card at your prefecture
Price of the conversion of a Volkswagen Lupointo 5 places
Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the price that the passage of a Volkswagen Lupo 2 seats to 5 seats can reprensent, it is required to know that a kit seats plus installation will cost you at a dealer on average 2500 to 3500 euros and that it is necessary to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Volkswagen Lupo company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.
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